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Mert Lawwill ..... replica ...... ..... Local hotline cont'd. (Con tinued from page 18) (KT :o.I) gave hi m troubl e, with go o d sta rt s in both mo to s, but Zah rt co uld n' t be held bac k. • You have to be chicken to win By Barney Drake 'i: SIM I, CAL., :\IAR. 30 0.. < J erry Shore, A~ IE owner, is the inventor of the fantastic egg race. A fresh egg is duct-tap ed to the scat and the ride r m ust fin ish the race with th e egg un bro ken . There are tw o class winn ers. pro and sportsman . The winner mu st be smooth. fast . bu t chic ken . T wo st yl es domi na t ed the race - the sta nd-u p o r th e stre tch-back r Ken Zah rt was th e sta nd-up ex ponen t, whil e Ran d y Berkeley was th e stretch-back advoca te . Obviou sly the sta nd -u p styl e was be tt er sinc e Za h rt ended up th e dry sea t winn er. Mike Lacy tried th e tan k riding style ahead of th e egg, bu t he • wo und u p on the " yolk." • David Oller and new bike = 2 wins Big John Bjorkman finds that big Triumph has a bit more kick than it needs ! Big John made it over the top and managed to stay astri de the bike. who helped hold Nancy to third. Dan Rees won th e Op en Novice sho rt track wh ich he lp ed ease th e pain of blowing up his 250cc mach in e. Mike Th omsen ro de a flawless ra ce to win the 75 0cc Ex pert Half-mile and he had to with t he lik es of Dennis Kanegai, Jim Milburn, Gary White and Nick Voge • chas ing him. Results in Results Section. High School MX By Elaine Jones CORONA , CAL., MAR. 26 Price list MLR fra me and swingarm Complete with fork he ad bea rings, swingar m be arings, slid ing block ax le adj usters, motor mount plates and bolts, and high gloss b lack epo xy paint $59 5 ... S & W shocks Espe cial ly designed for the MLR and assemb led fro m individually tested and selected pieces $ 55 Kosman rear disc brake Co mb in es light weigh t with predictab le and powerful stopp ing po wer th ro ugh th e use of a tw in piston magnesiu m caliper an d a $155 drill ed Meehan ite d isc Terms 50 % deposit required, with balan ce COD. Order fro m Mert Laww ill Products, 148 Rock Hill Drive, Tibu ron , Califo rnia 949 20. Phone No. 415-435-0 78 2. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:;:~:~:~:;:;:~:~:~::::::::::::::::::::;:;:;:;:;:::;:::;:;:;:;:::;:;:;:;:;:;:::::;:::;:;:::::;:;:::;:::;:;:;:;:;:;:::::;:;:;:::;:::;:::;:;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~::::::::: 30 GARD EN A, CAL , MA R. 29 Local rider David Oller came o ut with a brand new 125 cc Yamaha an d ch rist ene d it by ta ki ng win s in both the short t rac k and Half-m ile Mert Lawwill, M IA National No . Seven and Harley-Davidson factory team rider for 12 years, has designed and is building Harley-Davidson racing frames. These frames, available beginn ing April 15, incorporate the same design , materials, and detai l construction Lawwill uses in his own racers . The frames , individually built under Lawwill's personal supervision, are co nstructed from SAE 4 I 30 chrome-moly tubing and heli-ar c weld ed by a certified wel de r. The weigh t of the frame and swin garm is on ly 25 pounds, 25 % lighter than the fact ory XR raci ng fra me and swi ngarm . T he fra mes are built to fit th e Harley-Davidson XR, XLR, and Sp ortster motor. Street co nversions are also availab le. Frames can be specially orde red wit h S&W shocks and/ or Kosm an rear dise brake. By Tom Blatter Aft er nearly a month layo ff d ue to the rain, the S. A.I\l. High School Mo tocro ss co mpetition at Ascot Park fina lly resu med its Novices goes. Riding one o f t he largest clas ses of th e eveni ng David d idn 't do it th e easy way, h aving to work his way through the pac k and hold o ff a str ong challenge by Dylan Neihart who ra n secon d in bot h classes. Missing from th e pac k was re gular fron t runner Fre d Co no ver who wen t out with a seized bi ke ea rly in th e evening. On e of th e most excit ing races of t he nigh t had to be the 25 0cc Expert single divi sion Half-mile. Winner Gr eg Zehne r had his ha nds full with Mik e Thomsen who th ought he wa s Gre g's Sia mese twin an d for all pract ical purp oses they ra n th at w ay thro ugh all eight lap s with eac h o nc inching ahead o nly to be th warted by th e o t he r. In the en d Greg came up wit h a little ex tra and pulled it o ff. Mike TIdwell was reall y ro ta ting as he picked up an other d ouble win , first with his single in t he 250cc Expert sho rt t rack and ad d ing th e icin g with his 250 cc twin on the Hal f-mile. Eddie La w s o n , te am mate and rival, to o k sec on d on t he sho rt track with Co rona ace Terry Grin ner getting the nod o n the Ha lf-m ile . Fairly new to the win ner 's circle is J o hn DeB ru yn wh o also h it for tw o in th e 250cc No vice sh ort track an d Ha l f -mile. Mike Stewart and Gen e Woods had the bridesmaid honors. J im Fishback , probably be tter kno wn fo r his motocross and desert racing . gave th e spectato rs a possible pr eview of things to co me as he showed up on a spe ed way bi ke with J eff Se x ton acting as pit crew . Alth o ugh J im ende d up with a third to V ern Maxw ell ' s sec o nd he is defi ni tely a th reat as so on as he ge ts th e bugs worked out an d it looks like it should n ' t take long. Th e minis not t o be o ut d o n e by the big boys had th eir own d o uble winner in Buddy Crisp. Second pla ce Chuck Bittle tried to change th in gs o n the half-mile but co uldn 't hang on to the lead for th e distance . Dennis Agu irr e riding with a hand twi ce its normal size got quite a surprise in th e Open Novi ce Half-mile sem i when a yo ung lady , Nancy Parks, ca me busting by him and stay ed there to win it . In the third ma in he made sure he got some help from Dee Toth q ual ifie rs fo r the Colis eum High School Motocross Cham pionship. In last Saturday 's co m pe t iti o n EI Monte's David Taylo r scored his sixth co nsec u tiv e overall win "in th e high school co m petition. However, last Sa tu rday was Taylor's roughest test yet as Up lan d IIigh 's Ti m Hoover gave Taylo r all he could ha ndle. In th e openi ng mo to in th e 125cc Expert class, Taylor an d Ho over bat t led fo r 10-laps with Taylor holding o ff Ho over fo r th e win . Ho over returned in th e sec o nd moto to ba ttle Taylor, as Taylor to ok the lead at th e st art. Hoover was n ot to be denied . i as Tim pa ssed Dave o n t he fif t h lap , and ran away with th e win. It was t he first time this season at Ascot t ha t Tay lor had been d efeated in a mo t o with out a me chanica l d ifficul t y . En tering the third mo to both Tayl or an d Ho o ver were t ied in the ove rall points, as eac h had co llec ted a firs t and a second place finish. At the start Ho o ver got the j um p o n T ayl or, bu t no t for lo ng as Dave flew by Hoover for t he lead . Fro m t hat p o in t, Taylor pulled away fr o m t he rest o f the field to take an easy vic t o ry in the fin al moto, and th e overall class ho nors fo r the six th straight t ime. Hoover fin ishe d second overall wit h Vince Van Ho ok o f So ut h Hills High taking th ird . In the 125 Ju niors, Ste ve Moo re of Long Beach Jordan High score d .his fou r t h straight overa ll win , as the Honda rider has proven by far to be the su peri or rider in the 125 Jun io rs. Mo or e t oo k th e top positions in two of th e three IO-lap motos, and also co llect ed a sec o nd plac e finis h in the fin al moto . In the opening race , Moore was o ut front from sta rt to fi nish with second goi ng to Wilson High's Jim Carlson and third to Art esia's Marty Smith. The s ec ond moto was almost a car b o n-cop y of th e fir st, as Moore was just too quick for the rest of th e line up, an d he took th e easy victory. Jim Gallagher of Ca rson lligh pl aced second with Honda-mounted Don Miller of Hamilton Junior High taking third. In the final rnoto, Gall agher took th e top spot with Moore in the second notch and Miller third. • Results in Result s Section.